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The Effect

You display four Jumbo King cards (All Four suits), the cards then change into normal suits, the kings have vanished.

Cost

£20.00 from http://www.jbtv.co.uk


Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)

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Review

This is the famous trick performed on TV by Harry Anderson. The cards are all well made and the trick is very simple to do. The package comes with some routines but you will probably want to make up your own. You can do this close-up or on stage. The effect is mainly easy to perform, very little to do and i does look good.



Overall
8/10 Very nice!

I got the close-up version of this effect (for a demo video of it but using the Jumbo cards look click here, and just wanted to add my comments to this too.

First of all, this is an updated version of an effect you may already know. Once I opened the package and read the instructions I had one of those "ohh" moments as it dawned upon me. That's not to say this is a bad effect, because it's not, however I did not see the alteration that Lubor Fielder made as a "significant improvement"...an improvement it may well be, but it sure ain't significant, and one I felt most people may have come up with whilst playing around with the original effect.

However, I would still recommend it. It is a good effect, and you receive a beautiful set of cards with everything "well-made". It does pack small(ish) and play big - this garners great reaction, make no mistake, especially when done in someone's hands. However, for the price it is a little bit too expensive...I paid around £12 I think for the close-up version and I feel that something around £8 would have been much better value.

Nice packaging (though there is one very deceptive comment on it), concise yet detailed instructions with two variants on handling...I recommend it, despite the price, as you receive everything needed which suits the style of the effect well. Maybe have a look around, and if you can find it for a little bit cheaper than £12 or so then go for it!

Yes, it is one those "of course!" moments when you open the package, never used the close-up version but sounds good.